Definitions for pyx

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Spelling: [piks]
IPA: /pɪks/

Pyx is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 7 anagrams from letters in pyx (pxy).

Definitions for pyx

noun

  1. Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
  2. Also called pyx chest. a box or chest at a mint, in which specimen coins are deposited and reserved for trial by weight and assay.

Origin of pyx

1350-1400; Middle English pyxe Latin pyxis Greek pyxís a box, orig. made of boxwood

Examples for pyx

I also hung round my neck the pyx containing the Blessed Sacrament, then I went out on the street, not knowing what way to take.

I cried, triumphantly producing from the leather bag the pyx with its contents.

If there are any crumbs left in the pyx make the patient take them.

In the church of Orivellas, a pyx with a consecrated host was stolen.

The leather cover for the pyx should not be taken into a smallpox room.

It was not, however, yet finished; some ornaments were still wanting, and among these the panels of the pyx.

The pyx is the receptacle which contains the consecrated wafer on Romish altars; and the exclamation is equal to “Please God.”

He opened the pyx, took out a little curl of paper, and spread it on the desk.

It was required that an oil-lamp should hang before the high altar, always alight, in honour of the reserved sacrament in its pyx.

The pyx is the box in which the Host is kept or conveyed, often made of silver or ivory.

Word Value for pyx
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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